HMS

English

Alternative forms

• (ships, service): H.M.S., H. M. S.
• (time): hms, h:m:s, H:M:S, Hms, H:m:s

Noun

HMS

1. (military, nautical) Initialism of His/Her Majesty's Ship. (a ship prefix used for a ship commissioned into the navy of a kingdom)

   Coordinate terms: USS, FS, IJN, RFS, ROKS, ROCS

   1. (UK, nautical, military) Initialism of Her (or His) Majesty's Ship; ship prefix of the Royal Navy of the UK

      Synonym: HBMS

      Hyponyms: HMAS, HMAV, HMV, HMAT, HMT, RFA

      Coordinate terms: RMS, RMMV

      1. (UK, historical) Initialism of His/Her Majesty's Schooner.

         Synonym: HBMS

         Hyponyms: HMAS, HBMAS

      2. (UK, historical) Initialism of His/Her Majesty's Sloop.

         Synonym: HBMS

         Hyponyms: HMAS, HBMAS

      3. (British Empire, historical) Synonym of HMCS (“His/Her Majesty's Colonial Ship”) A ship prefix for a ship of a power within the British Empire

         Synonym: HBMCS

         1. (informal, obsolete) Synonym of HMAS (Australia)

            Synonym: HBMAS

         2. (informal, obsolete) Synonym of HMCS (Canada)

            Synonym: HBMCS

         3. (informal, obsolete) Synonym of HMIS (India)

            Synonym: HBMIS

         4. (informal, obsolete) Synonym of HMNZS (New Zealand)

            Synonym: HBMNZS

         5. (informal, obsolete) Synonym of HMSAS (South Africa)

            Synonym: HBMSAS

   2. Synonym of HDMS (ship of Denmark's Royal Navy)
   3. Synonym of HNoMS (ship of Norway's Royal Navy)
   4. Synonym of HNLMS (ship of Holland's Royal Navy)
   5. Synonym of HSwMS (ship of Sweden's Royal Navy)
   6. Synonym of HTMS (ship of Thailand's Royal Navy)
   7. Synonym of HIMS (“His Imperial Majesty's Ship”)
      1. Synonym of HICMS (ship of the Empire of China's navy) (Ching/Qing Dynasty)
      2. Synonym of HIFMS (ship of the French Second Empire's navy)
      3. SMS: Synonym of HIGMS (ship of the German Second Reich's navy)
      4. IJN: Synonym of HIJMS (ship of Imperial Japan's navy)
      5. Synonym of HIRMS (ship of Czarist Russia's navy)
2. Initialism of Her (or His) Majesty's Service.
3. Initialism of hour-minute-second. (a method of writing angles).
4. Initialism of hour-minute-second. (a method of writing times).

Synonyms

• (time): H:M:S

Coordinate terms

• (angles): DMS, DD, radian, gradian, mil
• (times): DHM/D:H:M, DHMS/D:H:M:S, HM/H:M

Related terms

(nautical):

• HMCS
• HMAS
• HMNZS
• HMTSS

• HBMS
• HDMS
• HNMS
• HNoMS
• HNLMS
• HSwMS

(Her (or His) Majesty's Service):

• OHMS

(angles):

• DMS

Anagrams

• HSM, MHS, SHM, SMH, shm-, smh

Danish

Noun

HMS

1. Abbreviation of hans/hendes majestæts skib (“his/her majesty's ship”). (ship prefix for the Danish navy)

   Coordinate term: KDM

Swedish

Noun

HMS

1. (nautical, military) Hans Majestäts Skepp / Hennes Majestäts Skepp — HSwMS – His/Her Majesty's Ship (ship prefix of the Swedish Navy (Marinen))

See also

• Swedish Navy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia